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Restoring a Glow effect after copying paths

  • December 1, 2022
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Hi folks, 

 

I really hope you can help me on this! I bought an vector graph image and copied most of the vectors into my christmas card. Now, using a different color background, I hoped that the gradient effects would still work and create the same star glow on the new background - but they don't. I really hope that you can help me to restore that glow. 

It is important that I get all the bright blue items on the original into clear white (the stars as well), because the card will get printed on chrom paper to make the white elements sparkle in full chrome. 

 

Glow in the original version: 

 

how it looks after copying: 

 

1000 hugs for everyone who can help me on that! 

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Correct answer Monika Gause

OK, thank you.

So you don't need to send some very specific CMYK values to the printer, no pure 100 K black. In that case I think I would go the RGB editing route. Create in Illustrator in RGB, then rasterize and then either send RGB to the printer (their RIP might be able to get a brighter result than your conversion in Photoshop). Or you convert it into the profile in Photoshop and then adjust curves, levels or whatever appropriate according to your needs.

 

There is also a German version of that tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9CBDGrnMok&list=PLVqhHu3CSohXP20MS-m_KqyPRByjaYMuP&index=17

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Monika Gause
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Monika GauseCommunity Expert
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December 1, 2022

You copied it from RGB document into a CMYK document, whioch unfortunately cannot work due to the way this effect is made.

Here's how it works: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tiqm5hdQA5A

 

I'm not quite sure I understand what you want to have printed. Could you please explain in more detail?

 

What most people do, is keep the editing in RGB, then rasterize and then (if necessary for production) convert to CMYK in Photoshop, afterwards applying image adjustments.

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December 1, 2022

Thank you so much for your help! I bet you are right. 

When the card gets printed on chrome paper, the chrome effect will shine through dependend on the amoubt of cokir application. White will be full shine through of the chrome, black will be fully opaque. Since bright blue has less than 100% color application, hope that a slight metallic will still remain. The white elements (letters, star centers, polygons) should glow in full chrome then. 

https://www.facebook.com/onlineprinters.de/videos/1146242855410885/

Monika Gause
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Monika GauseCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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December 1, 2022

OK, thank you.

So you don't need to send some very specific CMYK values to the printer, no pure 100 K black. In that case I think I would go the RGB editing route. Create in Illustrator in RGB, then rasterize and then either send RGB to the printer (their RIP might be able to get a brighter result than your conversion in Photoshop). Or you convert it into the profile in Photoshop and then adjust curves, levels or whatever appropriate according to your needs.

 

There is also a German version of that tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9CBDGrnMok&list=PLVqhHu3CSohXP20MS-m_KqyPRByjaYMuP&index=17

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